Frank Calabrese claimed a Florida-bred 2 year old filly for 16k. He ran her back on Saturday in a 300k Florida-bred stakes and won going away. Verso a Verso is the name. I guess he does not always claim and drop.

Frank Calabrese claimed a Florida-bred 2 year old filly for 16k. He ran her back on Saturday in a 300k Florida-bred stakes and won going away. Verso a Verso is the name. I guess he does not always claim and drop.

You do know that it's really Pick Six Steve, and not Frank making these decisions, right? Yes, Frank has the final say, of course, but he'd be lost without Steve. This is why he can fire any trainer any time he wants.

You do know that it's really Pick Six Steve, and not Frank making these decisions, right? Yes, Frank has the final say, of course, but he'd be lost without Steve. This is why he can fire any trainer any time he wants.

You know everything don't you?

Leving hasn't worked for Calabrese in three years, and has been working for Roussel since Calabrese fired him.

Steve Leving has been Calabrese's racing manager again since July. HV's original comment about who engineered the claim was correct, AFAIK.

I did lose track of these guys, and I did not know that Leving was released before and was working for Roussel, but...that move with the claim had "Pick Six Steve" written all over it. The guy knows his sh*t.

Nothing in a vet's needle is going to magically make a $30K claimer into a graded stakes winner, in spite of some of our poster's exciting fantasies.